emanate

Emanate is defined as to come from or send forth.

(verb)

An example of emanate is music coming out of speakers.

See emanate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to come forth; issue, as from a source

Origin: < L emanatus, pp. of emanare, to flow out, arise < e-, out + manare, to flow < IE base *mano-, damp, wet > Welsh mawn, peat

transitive verb

Rare to send forth; emit

See emanate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intr. & tr.v. em·a·nat·ed, em·a·nat·ing, em·a·nates

To come or send forth, as from a source: light that emanated from a lamp; a stove that emanated a steady heat. See Synonyms at stem¹.

Origin:

Origin: Latin ēmānāre, ēmānāt-, to flow out

Origin: : ē-, ex-, ex-

Origin: + mānāre, to flow

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